Eating Healthy

I have been on the GI diet for 13 months and have lost 41 lbs. Although this diet is more for ppl with heart and diabetic issues, I have neither. I'm just lazy. For me other diets are too time consuming and require too much effort. I look forward to reading about other members experiences as I know no one who is following this eating plan.

Sort of the opposite of the Adkins diet. Not all carbs are bad for you.

http://www.glycemicindex.comThe basic technique for eating the low GI way is simply a "this for that" approach - ie, swapping high GI carbs for low GI carbs. You don't need to count numbers or do any sort of mental arithmetic to make sure you are eating a healthy, low GI diet.

Use breakfast cereals based on oats, barley and branUse breads with wholegrains, stone-ground flour, sour doughReduce the amount of potatoes you eatEnjoy all other types of fruit and vegetablesUse Basmati or Doongara riceEnjoy pasta, noodles, quinoaEat plenty of salad vegetables with a vinaigrette dressing

Sort of the opposite of the Adkins diet. Not all carbs are bad for you.

http://www.glycemicindex.comThe basic technique for eating the low GI way is simply a "this for that" approach - ie, swapping high GI carbs for low GI carbs. You don't need to count numbers or do any sort of mental arithmetic to make sure you are eating a healthy, low GI diet.

Use breakfast cereals based on oats, barley and branUse breads with wholegrains, stone-ground flour, sour doughReduce the amount of potatoes you eatEnjoy all other types of fruit and vegetablesUse Basmati or Doongara riceEnjoy pasta, noodles, quinoaEat plenty of salad vegetables with a vinaigrette dressing

...and eat at a caloric deficit. This would be the most important piece of the puzzle if you hope to lose weight. From what I've read, the food choices you end up making are low-cal options that typically put you in a deficit but this deficit is key and can be achieved without eating GI.

Anyways..by no means am I ripping the GI diet..it can take some of the 'work' out of losing weight by lowering your caloric intake by making healthier choices and that's a good thing.

I would not say it is the opposite of Atkins. Atkins allows eating a lot of vegetables, and allows you to add more carbs after initial 2 weeks phase of induction. It uses exactly the same principle of lowering your blood sugar and reducing insulin spikes. Food high in protein and fat has lower GI, hence it is allowed for Atkins. It is better to use glycemic load than index, as it provides better picture of how you will respond to carbs. Different types of rice have different GI and GL, some lower than other but none are a low GI food.

~~~~~~~~~~The first thing you lose on a diet is your sense of humor. ~ Author UnknownIt doesn’t matter what diet you follow… What matters is what makes you follow your diet. ~ Tom Venuto

I do lean towards the track everything approach regardless of diet type, especially with the 'eat all you want of certain things' types, as the tracking will allow you to see whether that type of diet is actually causing the calorie deficit you need or not.

I know some disappointed vegans who believed that a strict vegan diet would guarantee losing weight, and it didn't turn out that way at all for them, as everyone is different.

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Jen, I am so excited for you! You have a very good reason to reach your goal and I know you will. I lost 25 pounds over the last year. This is what my nutritionist told me to do: Drink a protein shake ...